Fertilizer-distributer attachment.



J. H. CRUMPLER.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. APPLICATION FILED DEC- 9| I912- HENEWEDAPR-27.1915- 1,14&,464. Patented June 29, 1915.

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J. H. CRUMPLER.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. I APPLICATION FILED DEVC. 9. 1912. RENEWED APR-27,1915.

1,144,464. Patented Ju ne 29, 1915.

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JOSEPH H. CRUMPLER, 0F MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Application filed December 9, 1912, Serial No. 735,822. Renewed April27, 1915. Serial No. 24,351.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH I-I. CRUMPLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Magnolia, in the county of Columbia and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFertilizer- Distributer Attachments, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to newand useful improvements in fertilizerdistributer attachments and has for its object to provide an attachmentof the character specified for the purpose of covering the fertilizer assame isdistributed, thus dispensing with the aid of an extra man andhorse to cover it with a harrow or other implement.

l/Vith the foregoing objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partsillustrated in the drawings and more particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of afertilizer distributer equipped with my attachment. Fig. 2 is a planview of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front end view and Fig. 4: is a reverse planview of the attachment and the front end of the draft beam of thefertilizer distributer.

In the embodiment illustrated, 1 indicates the fertilizer distributerwhich may be of any ordinary or approved type consisting of the usualdraft beam 2, plow 2 hopper or feed box 3 discharge spout or funnel 411,supporting wheel 5 and handles 6.

The attachment comprises a rectangular oblong-shaped board 7 which isdisposed transversely of the fertilizer distributer directly in front ofthe wheel 5 and directly in rear of the plow 2 and discharge spout orfunnel 4 in position to cover the fertilizer dropped or deposited in thefurrow made by the plow 2 The board 7 is suitably attached to thedownwardly curved rear ends 8 of the corresponding laterally spacedlongitudinally disposed steel bars 9 which are disposed beneath thedraft beam 2 in spaced relation with opposite sides thereof. The frontends of the bars 9 terminate at a point near the front end of the draftbeam and are bolted or otherwise removably attached to a pair oftransversely disposed longitudinally spaced bars 10 which are slidablysecured to the bottom edge of the draft beam 2 by the keeper plate 11attached to said beam by the bolts 12.

By means of the construction. and arrangement shown and described, itwill be observed that the bars 9 are adjustable backward or forward asis necessary in the successful operation of the machine.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itis thought that the construction, operation and ad vantages of thisinvention will be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportions and minor details ofconstruction will be resorted to without departing from the principlesor sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in theappended claim.

Having described my invention what I claim as new is In combination witha fertilizer distributer comprising a draft beam, plow and feed box, anattachment of the character specified comprising a transversely disposedcovering board situated directly in rear of the plow and spout of thefeed box, a pair of corresponding longitudinally disposed laterallyspaced connecting bars provided with downwardly bent or curved rear endsto which the covering board is attached, said bars extending in a planebeneath the draft beam of the distributor and being spaced from oppositesides thereof, a pair of transversely disposed longitudinally spacedbars to which the front ends of said connecting bars are attachedandmeans for adjustably connecting the transverse bars to the bottom edgeof the draft beam, whereby the attachment, as a whole, is capable offorward or back ward movement relative to the draft beam, said meanscomprising a keeper plate extending longitudinally of the draft beam andbolted to the bottom edge thereof.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of threewitnesses.

hlS JOE. H. X CRUMPLER.

mark Witnesses:

PAUL BUs'rIoN, H. P. GARRINGTON. Attest:

J. E. HAWKINS.

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